Eastington (near Stroud), Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Eastington (near Stroud) is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
Other places in the parish include: Alkerton.
Parish registers begin: Eastington: 1558; Alkerton: 1558
Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
Eastington (near Stroud) Parish Registers
Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.
Eastington, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1913
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.
Eastington, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938
Death and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.
Eastington, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1987
Marriages at Eastington 1558 to 1812 – Transcriptions
Note. – Volume I, of parchment, with parchment cover. The Marriage entries, 1558 to 1658, occupy the last twelve pages.
Volume II, of similar make, contains Marriage entries, 1661 to 1686, between the space occupied by the Baptisms and the Burials.
Volume III, of similar material, but broader make, contains the Marriage entries, 1687 to 1698, on two pages between the Burials of 1698 and the Baptisms of 1695; the Marriages 1699 to 1705, between Burials 1705 and Baptisms 1702; and after 1705 the Marriages occur under each year with the Baptisms and Burials to 1734. There is a deficiency in the Register, 1735 to 1753, which has been supplied from the transcripts at Gloucester, except for 1735, for which year there is no transcript.
Volume IV contains Marriages and Banns, entered on the usual printed forms, 1754 to 1808.
Volume V contains Marriages, 1809 to 1812, and Banns to 1821.
All the earlier entries, and most entries till after the middle of the seventeenth century are in Latin, but are here transcribed in English.
The transcription of the entries has been made by the Rev. W. Symonds, M.A., of Salisbury. It has been collated by him with the late Mr. T. W. Cattell’s copy of the transcripts at Gloucester, 1578 to 1696, and is here printed with the sanction of the Rev. G. T. Altimas Ward, Rector of Eastington.
Eastington Marriages 1809 to 1812
Volume V.
Thomas Vick & Betty Vick, lic., 16 Apr. 1809
Edward Davies, this p., & Sophia Sarah Jones, of Frampton-on-Severn, lic., 13 May 1809
William Hawker, of Berkeley, & Hester Sandford, 18 June 1809
John Chandler, of Berkeley, and Hannah Long, 20 Aug. 1809
Stephen Sandford, w., & Hannah Miles, 30 Sept. 1809
Joseph Palmer & Eleanor Adlem, 5 Nov. 1809
Samuel Sims & Anne Wilkins, 13 Nov. 1809
Richard French, of Frocester, & Elizabeth Long, 10 Dec. 1809
James Frape, of Stroud, & Hannah Syloy, 31 Dec. 1809
James Proverbs & Mary Baker, 2 Aug. 1810
James Perkins & Elizabeth Underwood, 25 Nov. 1810
Henry Phillips, of Moreton, & Ann Millard, 2 Feb. 1811
Thomas Hardwick, of St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, Middlesex, & Esther Newbury, lic., 30 Mar. 1811
John Rowles & Mary Hewlett, 8 Apr. 1811
Thomas Hughes, w., of Stroud, & Mary Huntley, lic., 11 June 1811
Thomas White & Diana Brain, lic., 17 July 1811
Stephen Creed & Elizabeth Burfoot, 24 Oct. 1811
Nathaniel Davis & Hester Hamonds, 30 Apr. 1812
Nathaniel Miles & Elizabeth Moreland, 31 May 1812
William Mayo & Sophia Dalby, 30 Aug. 1812
John Smith & Rebecca Brain, 29 Sept. 1812
Richard Hayward & Elizabeth Ussell, 11 Oct. 1812
Thomas Howell, w., & Hannah Underwood, 29 Oct. 1812
Lestrange Southgate Austin, of Wotton-under-Edge, & Charlotte Hicks, lic., 24 Nov. 1812
Joseph Hill & Ann Rowles, 31 Dec. 1812
[The rest of the Marriage entry forms in this large volume are blank.]
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIII. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908.
Eastington Marriages 1805 to 1808
William King & Elizabeth Dowdeswell, 19 Feb. 1805
James Coleman, of Blaisdon, & Mary Watkins, lic., 28 Mar. 1805
Charles Jackway, of Leonard Stanley, & Kitty Pegler, lic., 30 Apr. 1805
Thomas Bendall & Anne Peters, 9 June 1805
John Trotman & Anne Fletcher, lic., 20 June 1805
Edward Hewlett, of Moreton Valence, & Anna Watkins, lic., 26 June 1805
William Watkins & Mary Carefield, lic., 6 July 1805
Samuel Evans & Elizabeth Watts, 4 Aug. 1805
William Walkley & Betty Daniels, 7 Sept. 1805
Thomas Morgan & Sarah Hollis, 31 Oct. 1805
William Morris & Anne Horwood, 17 Nov. 1805
Joseph Shill & Jane Taylor, 29 Dec. 1805
John Hill & Elizabeth Clark, 17 Feb. 1806
James Vick & Betty West, 18 Feb. 1806
Joseph Newman & Sarah Hare, 24 Mar. 1806
Nathaniel Hewlett, of Moreton Valence, & Rachel Perkins, lic., 9 May 1806
John Guy & Rebecca Howell, 18 May 1806
George Sandford & Hester Chamberlayne, 11 Oct. 1806
Richard Stibbs, of Cheltenham, & Sarah Evans, lic., 11 Nov. 1806
John Harper, of Standish, & Christian Cowley, 18 Nov. 1806
George Cowley & Dinah Clutterbuck, 7 Dec. 1806
John Painter & Betty Wearratt, 7 Dec. 1806
George Horwood & Elizabeth Horsham, 24 Jan. 1807
John Eagles, of Frampton-on-Severn, & Sarah Millard, 3 Mar. 1807
Nathaniel Bird & Sarah Preen, 31 Mar. 1807
John Carefield & Alice Knowles, lic., 8 Apr. 1807
John Cooper & Sarah Jennings, 1 May 1807
Samuel Clissold & Susanna Marmont, 17 May 1807
Moses Curnock & Anne Nippress, lic., 31 May 1807
Job Miles & Sarah Heaven, 31 May 1807
George Hipwood & Elizabeth Gower, 31 July 1807
Robert Carter & Lidia Clutterbuck, lic., 9 Aug. 1807
Nathaniel Brain & Elizabeth Parslow, 13 Sept. 1807
George Bird & Elizabeth Brown, 11 Oct. 1807
Thomas Wheeler & Mary Browning, 26 Oct. 1807
William Budding & Catharine Evans, lic., 22 Nov. 1807
John Guy, of Saul, & Lucy Pegler, 13 Dec. 1807
Aaron Burfoot & Fanny Hays, 25 Dec. 1807
Daniel Cobb, of Moreton Valence, & Elizabeth Roberts, 19 Jan. 1808
Thomas Howell & Sarah Price, 2 Feb. 1808
John Evans, of Frampton-on-Severn, & Sophia Niblet, 8 Feb. 1808
Thomas Perkins & Anne Hayward, 29 May 1808
William Stafford & Hester Churches, 3 Oct. 1808
William Reynolds, of Standish, & Betty Wade, 11 Oct. 1808
William Yates & Lucy Brain,, 25 Dec. 1808
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIII. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908.
Eastington Marriages 1800 to 1804
William Hayward & Fanny Pegler, 26 Jan. 1800
William Ayland & Anne Barnard, 2 Feb. 1800
Thomas Tyler, w., of Chilton, Wilts., & Elizabeth Edwards, w., lic., 1 May 1800
Daniel Gay & Hannah West, 1 May 1800
Daniel Price & Elizabeth Miles, 8 May 1800
Thomas Davis & Elizabeth Stratford, 5 Sept. 1800
Jacob Werratt & Betty Deane, 17 Feb. 1801
John Daniels & Martha Warner, 9 Apr. 1801
John Carefield & Phaebe Watkins, lic., 20 Aug. 1801
Oliver Glanville, this p., & Hester Packer, of Frampton-on-Severn, lic., 17 Sept. 1801
James Cornock & Sarah Ussell, 18 Oct. 1801
George Bailey & Betty Knight, 25 Oct. 1801
William Chamberlayne & Hester Shurmur, 1 Nov. 1801
James Budding & Sarah Heard, 22 Dec. 1801
John Longney & Elizabeth James, 27 Dec. 1801
Thomas Lord & Anne Sandford, 31 Jan. 1802
Richard Brown & Priscilla Wilkins, 16 Feb. 1802
Joseph Pegler, of Frampton-on-Severn, & Sarah Ellis, 18 Apr. 1802
William Bailey & Hannah Horsham, 22 Apr. 1802
John Horsham & Anne Colston, 22 Apr. 1802
Samuel Clutterbuck & Betty Jennings, 6 June 1802
Joseph Vale, of Arlingham, & Mary Roane, 13 June 1802
John Watkins & Sarah Clark, lic., 13 June 1802
Matthew Chamberlain & Joanna Marlin, 29 July 1802
Daniel Price, w., & Elizabeth Evans, w., 2 Aug. 1802
William West & Elizabeth Hamlett, 27 Aug. 1802
Ambrose Beard & Sarah Rowles, 30 Sept. 1802
Matthew Smith, of Hawkesbury, & Anne Wakefield, 3 Oct. 1802
William Fryer & Hannah Price, 7 Oct. 1802
Charles Jones, of Frampton-on-Severn, & Betsy Johnson, lic., 24 Oct. 1802
James Hill & Mary Horwood, 21 Nov. 1802
William Wetmore & Christian Brain, 1 Dec. 1802
Stephen Bryant, of Winterbourne, & Esther Knowles, lic., 3 Apr. 1803
Edward Hancock & Mary Burnett, 24 Apr. 1803
Joseph Hayward & Elizabeth Heaven, 2 Oct. 1803
Richard Lodge & Hannah Howell, 6 Oct. 1803
George Bennet & Elizabeth Bendall, 26 Dec. 1803
Thomas Brain & Sarah Hopkins, 10 Apr. 1804
William Jennings & Hannah Millard, 25 May 1804
John Fletcher & Mary Workman, lic., 22 June 1804
Samuel Laurence & Sarah Davis, 13 Aug. 1804
Job Workman & Deborah Curnock, 3 Sept. 1804
Richard Rogers, of Frampton-on-Severn, w., & Elizabeth Millard, 18 Oct. 1804
Thomas Davis & Sarah Hancock, 22 Oct. 1804
William Bailey & Mary Dunn, 28 Oct. 1804
Charles Jeens & Nancy Fennell, 29 Oct. 1804
Joseph Howell & Sarah Minett, 9 Dec. 1804
Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. XIII. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane, London. 1908.
Bankrupts
Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.
Chase John William, Eastington, Gloucestershire, shopkeeper, Jan. 23, 1827.
Fletcher Henry, sen.; and Henry Fletcher, jun.; Eastington, Gloucestershire, clothiers, March 19, 1841.
Hicks John Phillimore; and Charles Edward Hicks; Eastington, Gloucestershire, clothiers, Dec. 2, 1834.
Hicks John Phillimore; & Charles Edward Hicks; Eastington, Gloucestershire, clothiers, March 13, 1835.
Poll Books
Poll Book 1834, Eastern Division Gloucestershire The Poll at the Election of a Knight of The Shire to serve in Parliament for the Eastern Division of the County of Gloucestershire taken August 11th and 12th 1834 before Harry Edmund Waller, Esquire, High Sheriff. Candidate Christopher William Codrington, Esquire, and Charles Hanbury Tracy Leigh, Esquire. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse
Parish History
Eastington
Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
Eastington, a tything and a parish in Wheatenhurst district, Gloucester. The tything lies on the Stroudwater canal, near the Bristol and Gloucester and the Gloucester and Hereford Junction railways, 2½ miles W of Stonehouse r. station, and 4½ W of Stroud; has a post-office under Stonehouse; and contains the workhouse of Wheatenhurst. Pop., 712. Houses, 137.
The parish includes also the tything of Alkerton. Acres, 2,042. Real property, £6,852. Pop., 1,717. Houses, 372. The property is much subdivided. Eastington House is a principal residence. A considerable woollen manufacture has been carried on, but has recently declined.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £551. Patron, the Rev. T. Peters. The church is ancient but good, with a tower; and has a brass of 1518, and a Norman font. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans. A school has £19 from endowment; and other charities has £11.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A Fullerton & Co. N.d.c. [1870-72].
Alkerton
Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845
Alkerton, a tything, in the parish of Eastington, union of Wheatenhurst, Lower division of the hundred of Whitstone, E division of the county of Gloucester, 3 miles (W.) from Stroud; containing 1108 inhabitants.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1840
Alkerton, a tything in the parish of Eastington, Gloucestershire; 3 miles west from Stroud. Pop., in 1821, 963; in 1831, 1,055. Houses 218. Here is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel and school; also a Baptist chapel and school.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1840.
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Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Wheatenhurst
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Pre 1836 – Gloucester, Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol
- Rural Deanery: Stonehouse
- Poor Law Union: Wheatenhurst
- Hundred: Whitstone (Gloucestershire)
- Province: Canterbury